Lavender

[retiredwith4acres]

I have one lavender plant and it has died around the bottom on the woody part but has bloomed and looks pretty at the top. How much can I prune this bush when it finishes blooming and not kill the entire plant?

 

[Carol Dee]

I have two lavender. One came back nicely. The other only a small central part. I just droke off all the dead dry branches and it seems to be doing fine. I will watch to see what others advise, too.

 

[vfem]

I too have lavender that has a lot of dead outer stems... I just went in and trimmed all the dead part away being careful not to cut the stems with green or flowers on it and its doing fine.

Next year I want to try to dig it up and split the root ball to get a second plant out of it, I'm not sure how fragile they are so I haven't tried it. Would be curious to see any other responses to this.

 

[retiredwith4acres]

After researching I have found this site which helps a lot with lavender. I even want to try cutting for new plants now.

http://everything-lavender.com/lavender-care.html